Gateway Battery

I was given a laptop as a gift, should I buy the extended warranty/accidental damage plan from Best Buy?

I was given a Gateway Laptop for the holidays. It was purchased for $600 from Best Buy. I have 14 days from purchase to decide if I want to purchase the extended warranty and also an accidental damage plan. The warranty with computer from Gateway is 1 year and I would have pay for shipping the computer both ways under that warranty. A combined 3 years extended warratny/accidental damage plan will run me $250 or $200 for 2 years (and it appearently it would cover the battery). If I removed the accidental damage coverage the extended warranty is $100 less than combined coverage. What should I do?

Ok, Gateway's suck. Get the warranty. I work at a company that bought Gateway for years since they were cheaper, there is a good reason why they are cheaper, they use refurbished parts. This means something in your computer was probably broken before and will probably break again. Please, for the love of God get the warranty or return the Gateway. Gateway batteries are terrible too, be sure to get it in writing if the battery does not hold a charge that they will replace it.